The Short-term Rise and Fall of Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) Stock

A share price of Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [LW] is currently trading at $53.91, up 0.67%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The LW shares have gain 5.27% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.66%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [NYSE: LW] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 20, 2024, when Citigroup downgraded its rating to a Neutral and also revised its price target to $68 from $90. Previously, Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock with Hold rating on December 12, 2024, and set its price target to $81. On December 03, 2024, Bernstein initiated with a Mkt Perform rating and assigned a price target of $85 on the stock. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $68 on October 07, 2024. Consumer Edge Research downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight. TD Cowen downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on July 25, 2024, and downed its price target to $61. In a note dated July 25, 2024, Stifel downgraded an Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $115 to $60.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $47.90 and $89.51. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $56.5 within the next 12 months. Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [NYSE: LW] shares were valued at $53.91 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 4.8% based on the average LW price forecast.

Analyzing the LW fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [NYSE:LW] were 6.39B which represents 4.27% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.23% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.21 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.61.

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Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [NYSE:LW] is 1.35. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.58, while the Cash Ratio is 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.19, the price to book ratio is 4.66 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.14.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved NIBLOCK ROBERT A, Director, that happened on Jan 13 ’25 when 3000.0 shares were purchased. Director, BLIXT CHARLES A completed a deal on Dec 23 ’24 to buy 1200.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director JURGENSEN WILLIAM G bought 5000.0 shares on Dec 23 ’24.

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